<p>Do you think its bad to use a political quote (especially since its conservative) for this essay?</p>
<p>Why not? But the prompt is "your FAVORITE" quote, so make sure its not just a quote, but a quote that you like and thats shows something about you. (i dont know about the conservative part, im not sure what Princeton is like, although most say that adcoms dont judge on personal preference of their applicants, i.e. conservative or liberal).</p>
<p>thats what they say, but princeton like all ivies is liberal, and I am worried that the adcom will be biased and my application wont be considered as much if I have conservative bias. </p>
<p>also, is 301 words ok for one of the supplement essays?</p>
<p>lol, 301. they say try to not go over or under 50 words from the 250 word limit. im sure you can edit it to make it just a bit shorter, but if you cant 301 words should be fine. i really cant help you with the whole conservative thing, cause im not that experienced with that stuff and how adcoms react. However, if you believe you can write an amazing essay, that is that you're not just using this quote for whatever, than use the quote, but make sure hte essay is well written and not boring.</p>
<p>btw....it's quotation, and not quote (sorry, one of my pet peeves)</p>
<p>anyways, to answer your answer, I will just tell the quotation I wrote my essay on:</p>
<p>"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." Dr. Seuss</p>
<p>and no, Princeton is not that liberal, and if it was, they are always looking for diversity</p>
<p>lol, annandale, yours is my second choice quote, i almost wrote mine on that</p>
<p>I picked a different quote and wrote a pretty good essay with it, so no more problems (at least I hope) except that its 301 words haha</p>
<p>If anyone uses that Dr. Seuss quotation in a graduation speech this year, I won't be able to stand it. That's drilled in to our heads like the ABCs.</p>
<p>You guys have to have fun with this opportunity. The admissions counselors need a breath of fresh air. I dont know if "We knocked the bastard off!" was the answer, but if Edmund Hillary was willing to say it after climbing Mt. Everest, I wasn't hesistant to say it either.</p>
<p>I used "there are no american's in Bagdad", by the former iraqi information minister.</p>
<p>Then I waffled about modern politics and media and how they are interconnected etc! Might have shown I actually have a bit of apathy for the world but then it might not.</p>
<p>I never heard of the term "waffling" before in that context, but I'm not gonna pancake about things any further because you still got your point across.</p>
<p>Likewise :)</p>